Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

Well done, right time, right place.
However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?Say It As It Is OK?

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

Score: -29

A Very Private Gentleman says...10:22am Thu 15 May 14

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

Quite incorrect actually and rather rude to one of the most senior officials in the county. Senior Officers at this level are basically on duty all the time 24/7: There issue private vehicles are equipped with all the necessary blue & two kit and accoutrements. This goes for The chief of the fire brigade and the head of the ambulance service. heads of other top sections also have the same facility and requirement available to them. I would not call the Chief Officer "out on a jolly" either. These people are generally deadly serious about the work they do. Think of George Cowley C.I.5. In his red Ford Granada:

[quote][p][bold]Say It As It Is OK?[/bold] wrote:
Well done, right time, right place.
However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?[/p][/quote]Quite incorrect actually and rather rude to one of the most senior officials in the county.
Senior Officers at this level are basically on duty all the time 24/7:
There issue private vehicles are equipped with all the necessary blue & two kit and accoutrements.
This goes for The chief of the fire brigade and the head of the ambulance service.
heads of other top sections also have the same facility and requirement available to them.
I would not call the Chief Officer "out on a jolly" either. These people are generally deadly serious about the work they do.
Think of George Cowley C.I.5. In his red Ford Granada:A Very Private Gentleman

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

Quite incorrect actually and rather rude to one of the most senior officials in the county. Senior Officers at this level are basically on duty all the time 24/7: There issue private vehicles are equipped with all the necessary blue & two kit and accoutrements. This goes for The chief of the fire brigade and the head of the ambulance service. heads of other top sections also have the same facility and requirement available to them. I would not call the Chief Officer "out on a jolly" either. These people are generally deadly serious about the work they do. Think of George Cowley C.I.5. In his red Ford Granada:

Score: 46

mikgrays says...12:15pm Thu 15 May 14

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

As an inspector his car is his to use as you would any company car,it is not a patrol car.

[quote][p][bold]Say It As It Is OK?[/bold] wrote:
Well done, right time, right place.
However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?[/p][/quote]As an inspector his car is his to use as you would any company car,it is not a patrol car.mikgrays

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

As an inspector his car is his to use as you would any company car,it is not a patrol car.

Score: 3

A Very Private Gentleman says...12:19pm Thu 15 May 14

mikgrays wrote…

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

As an inspector his car is his to use as you would any company car,it is not a patrol car.

I thought his rank was Chief Constable? Inspector is some Pips well below the pecking order. AVPG:

[quote][p][bold]mikgrays[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]Say It As It Is OK?[/bold] wrote:
Well done, right time, right place.
However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?[/p][/quote]As an inspector his car is his to use as you would any company car,it is not a patrol car.[/p][/quote]I thought his rank was Chief Constable?
Inspector is some Pips well below the pecking order.
AVPG:A Very Private Gentleman

mikgrays wrote…

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

As an inspector his car is his to use as you would any company car,it is not a patrol car.

I thought his rank was Chief Constable? Inspector is some Pips well below the pecking order. AVPG:

Score: 6

Kim Gandy says...12:37pm Thu 15 May 14

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

And that's your idea of a compliment? Have you ever been put in a life or death situation? if you had you'd know you make quick decisions based on how to preserve life and if it doesn't fit the rule book so be it. Well done that man.

[quote][p][bold]Say It As It Is OK?[/bold] wrote:
Well done, right time, right place.
However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?[/p][/quote]And that's your idea of a compliment?
Have you ever been put in a life or death situation?
if you had you'd know you make quick decisions based on how to preserve life and if it doesn't fit the rule book so be it.
Well done that man.Kim Gandy

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

And that's your idea of a compliment? Have you ever been put in a life or death situation? if you had you'd know you make quick decisions based on how to preserve life and if it doesn't fit the rule book so be it. Well done that man.

Score: 14

runwellian says...6:49pm Thu 15 May 14

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

Who the hell cares, a young woman is alive today that would have burned to death in her car and here we have plebs nit picking about a police officer using a police car that risked his life to save a life. Let woman whose life he saved decide have a say, what he drove doesn't is not the point, how he got there doesn't matter, what his job is doesn't matter ... ask that young woman! Pathetic comments!

[quote][p][bold]Say It As It Is OK?[/bold] wrote:
Well done, right time, right place.
However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?[/p][/quote]Who the hell cares, a young woman is alive today that would have burned to death in her car and here we have plebs nit picking about a police officer using a police car that risked his life to save a life.
Let woman whose life he saved decide have a say, what he drove doesn't is not the point, how he got there doesn't matter, what his job is doesn't matter ... ask that young woman!
Pathetic comments!runwellian

Say It As It Is OK? wrote…

Well done, right time, right place. However, as he was on a Sunday drive and also off duty it appears he was driving a police car? Blue lights are authorised for emergency vehicles only? Has he got or given himself some form of dispensation or was he just out on a jolly?

Who the hell cares, a young woman is alive today that would have burned to death in her car and here we have plebs nit picking about a police officer using a police car that risked his life to save a life. Let woman whose life he saved decide have a say, what he drove doesn't is not the point, how he got there doesn't matter, what his job is doesn't matter ... ask that young woman! Pathetic comments!

Score: 12

Natter says...8:02pm Thu 15 May 14

Well done, risking your own safety to save a family. Extremely sad for the family of the poor man who didn't survive the accident.

Well done, risking your own safety to save a family. Extremely sad for the family of the poor man who didn't survive the accident.Natter

Well done, risking your own safety to save a family. Extremely sad for the family of the poor man who didn't survive the accident.

Score: 1

blockpaver says...8:24pm Thu 15 May 14

Well done to you, a brave man. Why shouldn’t a person with this responsibility get £200,000 a year, excellent pension arrangements, and a provided, fully funded vehicle? All the other bosses do.

Well done to you, a brave man.
Why shouldn’t a person with this responsibility get £200,000 a year, excellent pension arrangements, and a provided, fully funded vehicle? All the other bosses do.blockpaver

Well done to you, a brave man. Why shouldn’t a person with this responsibility get £200,000 a year, excellent pension arrangements, and a provided, fully funded vehicle? All the other bosses do.

Score: 0

SLord90 says...10:29am Fri 16 May 14

I've had the chance to meet this man and work along side him, he is fantastic, and for all the negative comments, whats the point? Imagine if that was your family? would you not want him to help?

I've had the chance to meet this man and work along side him, he is fantastic, and for all the negative comments, whats the point?
Imagine if that was your family? would you not want him to help?SLord90

I've had the chance to meet this man and work along side him, he is fantastic, and for all the negative comments, whats the point? Imagine if that was your family? would you not want him to help?

Score: 7

J Arthur Rank says...6:26pm Fri 16 May 14

The report suggests a good professional job done by the CC as one would expect of any police officer. I'd rather have a man like this dealing with a life and death situation than the supposedly all-powerful yet superfluous to requirements Policing and Crime Commissioner any day. The PCC would probably still be trying to find someone to get him clean underwear.

The report suggests a good professional job done by the CC as one would expect of any police officer. I'd rather have a man like this dealing with a life and death situation than the supposedly all-powerful yet superfluous to requirements Policing and Crime Commissioner any day. The PCC would probably still be trying to find someone to get him clean underwear.J Arthur Rank

The report suggests a good professional job done by the CC as one would expect of any police officer. I'd rather have a man like this dealing with a life and death situation than the supposedly all-powerful yet superfluous to requirements Policing and Crime Commissioner any day. The PCC would probably still be trying to find someone to get him clean underwear.

Score: 0

stevedawson says...7:49am Sat 17 May 14

Obvious stated, but well done old plod.

Obvious stated, but well done old plod.stevedawson

Obvious stated, but well done old plod.

Score: -3

alarminstaller says...7:21pm Sat 17 May 14

This is a real Policeman achieved his rank by starting at the bottom and working his way to the top, you name it he has done it or seen it. Unlike that PCC a politically elected by less than 25% of the population a Police Chief who's experience serving in the Royal Navy is commendable but not enough to go straight in to the top. We will soon have a complete privatisation of the Police star things with PCSO's and soon the real possibility of a private company dealing with Child abuse and also GS4 who completed the security at the Olympics and I am sure we know shaft a fiasco that was. So this Chief of Essex should be treated like an endangered species soon to be replaced by accelerated entry candidates with no experience. Policing and Political control is a dangerous route to take.

This is a real Policeman achieved his rank by starting at the bottom and working his way to the top, you name it he has done it or seen it.
Unlike that PCC a politically elected by less than 25% of the population a Police Chief who's experience serving in the Royal Navy is commendable but not enough to go straight in to the top.
We will soon have a complete privatisation of the Police star things with PCSO's and soon the real possibility of a private company dealing with Child abuse and also GS4 who completed the security at the Olympics and I am sure we know shaft a fiasco that was.
So this Chief of Essex should be treated like an endangered species soon to be replaced by accelerated entry candidates with no experience.
Policing and Political control is a dangerous route to take.alarminstaller

This is a real Policeman achieved his rank by starting at the bottom and working his way to the top, you name it he has done it or seen it. Unlike that PCC a politically elected by less than 25% of the population a Police Chief who's experience serving in the Royal Navy is commendable but not enough to go straight in to the top. We will soon have a complete privatisation of the Police star things with PCSO's and soon the real possibility of a private company dealing with Child abuse and also GS4 who completed the security at the Olympics and I am sure we know shaft a fiasco that was. So this Chief of Essex should be treated like an endangered species soon to be replaced by accelerated entry candidates with no experience. Policing and Political control is a dangerous route to take.

Score: -2

Rhinestone Cowboy* says...9:23am Sun 18 May 14

alarminstaller wrote…

This is a real Policeman achieved his rank by starting at the bottom and working his way to the top, you name it he has done it or seen it. Unlike that PCC a politically elected by less than 25% of the population a Police Chief who's experience serving in the Royal Navy is commendable but not enough to go straight in to the top. We will soon have a complete privatisation of the Police star things with PCSO's and soon the real possibility of a private company dealing with Child abuse and also GS4 who completed the security at the Olympics and I am sure we know shaft a fiasco that was. So this Chief of Essex should be treated like an endangered species soon to be replaced by accelerated entry candidates with no experience. Policing and Political control is a dangerous route to take.

Most of your point is fair Alarm- But what you have said about Nick Alston is a little wrong mate: Nicks dad was Deputy Chief constable in Essex in the 80's. Nick himself was a Naval Officer in Intelligence, then got a top Job in Whitehall probably the SIS/MI6: The combination of CC Kavanagh & PCC Alston is possibly the best paring in the country, we can consider ourselves very lucky in Essex. Look it is far better than Roger Baker & Robert "Pursey" Stevens in your pursey (The One Liner) response. Those were very bad dark days and the effects of them have still not worn off. Good on you Chief, the whole county is behind you both.

[quote][p][bold]alarminstaller[/bold] wrote:
This is a real Policeman achieved his rank by starting at the bottom and working his way to the top, you name it he has done it or seen it.
Unlike that PCC a politically elected by less than 25% of the population a Police Chief who's experience serving in the Royal Navy is commendable but not enough to go straight in to the top.
We will soon have a complete privatisation of the Police star things with PCSO's and soon the real possibility of a private company dealing with Child abuse and also GS4 who completed the security at the Olympics and I am sure we know shaft a fiasco that was.
So this Chief of Essex should be treated like an endangered species soon to be replaced by accelerated entry candidates with no experience.
Policing and Political control is a dangerous route to take.[/p][/quote]Most of your point is fair Alarm- But what you have said about Nick Alston is a little wrong mate: Nicks dad was Deputy Chief constable in Essex in the 80's.
Nick himself was a Naval Officer in Intelligence, then got a top Job in Whitehall probably the SIS/MI6: The combination of CC Kavanagh & PCC Alston is possibly the best paring in the country, we can consider ourselves very lucky in Essex. Look it is far better than Roger Baker & Robert "Pursey" Stevens in your pursey (The One Liner) response. Those were very bad dark days and the effects of them have still not worn off.
Good on you Chief, the whole county is behind you both.Rhinestone Cowboy*

alarminstaller wrote…

This is a real Policeman achieved his rank by starting at the bottom and working his way to the top, you name it he has done it or seen it. Unlike that PCC a politically elected by less than 25% of the population a Police Chief who's experience serving in the Royal Navy is commendable but not enough to go straight in to the top. We will soon have a complete privatisation of the Police star things with PCSO's and soon the real possibility of a private company dealing with Child abuse and also GS4 who completed the security at the Olympics and I am sure we know shaft a fiasco that was. So this Chief of Essex should be treated like an endangered species soon to be replaced by accelerated entry candidates with no experience. Policing and Political control is a dangerous route to take.

Most of your point is fair Alarm- But what you have said about Nick Alston is a little wrong mate: Nicks dad was Deputy Chief constable in Essex in the 80's. Nick himself was a Naval Officer in Intelligence, then got a top Job in Whitehall probably the SIS/MI6: The combination of CC Kavanagh & PCC Alston is possibly the best paring in the country, we can consider ourselves very lucky in Essex. Look it is far better than Roger Baker & Robert "Pursey" Stevens in your pursey (The One Liner) response. Those were very bad dark days and the effects of them have still not worn off. Good on you Chief, the whole county is behind you both.

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